End connecter for chains



E. H. BISHOP END CONNECTER FOR CHAINS Filed Feb. 14, 1925 EARL'H.BISHOIB, OF BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. i

END GONNECTER.FOR CHAINS.

The present invention relates to means for connecting the ends ofchains, and more particularly the endsof the side chains of" anti-skidchains for automobiles.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating apreferred embodiment of myinvention applied in operative relation totheends of a chain;

' link and to have the pintle pass through said loop portions and saidhole.

Extending from the opposite end of the body portion 2 is a projection 5,the lower edge 6 of which is adapted to engage the I upwardly extendingends 7 of the loop portions 4 of the link when the connecter is engagedtherewith as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. I

Y The bodyportion '2has a slot 8 intermediate its endsto receive thecross-bar 9 at the end of a-chain link. This slot extends from the upperedge of the connecter 0bliquely downwardly towards the free end thereof.The slot is deep enough so that its lower edge issubstantially in thesame straight line with the center of the hole which receives the pintle3 and the lower edge 6 of the projection 5. )With this construction,when the ends of a chain are fastened together by the connecter, asillustrated in the drawings, andtension is applied thereto, the pull isexerted in a substantially straight line with little upward thrust onthe projection 5.

The manner of engaging the connecter with a link at the free end of achain is illustrated in Figure 3. It will be noted that the 7Application filed February Figure 2 is a corresponding plan view,

' body portion.

14,1925. Serial No. 9,096.

must assume a position substantially at right angles to the longitudinalaxis of the connecter before it can be engaged with or dis-- engagedfrom the slot 8. The width of the connecter, measured along a lineabextend- 1ng through the center of the upper end of the slot, isslightly less than the length of the opening in the link measured fromthecross-bar 9 to the ends 7 of the loop portions 4. The body portiongradually tapers in width from theline ab.to the free end of the bodyportion. The edge 10 of the body portion at the free end thereof makesan abrupt angle with-the lower edge 11 of said It will be apparent that:p when the chain becomes slackrthe link 12 cannot b-ackout of engagementwith the slot 8 because the ends 7 of the link will engage the edge 10before the cross-bar 9 reaches the upper end of the slot 8. This isillustrated by the chain line position of the link 12 illustrated inFigure 3. In other words, the distance between the upper end c of theslot Sand the oint of intersection 13 of the end edge 10 withthe loweredge 11 of the body length of the opening in the link, sothat the link12 must be swung out of engagement with the end edge 10 and assume apoportion is substantially grea ter than the ferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that the invention is, not limited tothe details of construction shown but that it may be otherwise embodiedwithin the scope of the appended claim.

I claim: r

A connecter for tire chain ends, comprising an elongated body memberhaving convexed side edges, oneof which is continuously convexedthroughout its length, the said body having a diagonally disposed slotextending inwardly from the other edge intermediate its ends partwayacross the width of the body, the said continuously'convexed side of thebody being shorter than the other side whereby an overhanging tailportion is provided at one end of the body, said conbody injuring thetire with which it contacts, the centers of curvature for the convexedsurfaces of the body being out of alignment whereby the central portionof the body is of substantially uniform thickness. In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand.

EARL H. BISHOP.

